CN107012657B - Movable drum washing machine with clothes taking and putting opening - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a clothes taking and placing opening movable type drum washing machine, which comprises: a housing having a front panel with an open mouth formed thereon; a tub having a laundry access opening, the tub being disposed within the housing and configured to move the laundry access opening up and down within the open mouth; a rotatable drum disposed within the tub; a door unit mounted on the tub and covering the laundry access opening; and the driving mechanism is used for driving the barrel to rotate, is arranged in the shell and is connected with the barrel. The movable drum washing machine with the clothes taking and placing ports has the advantages of convenience in use, small wear of clothes, water conservation and the like.

Description

Movable drum washing machine with clothes taking and putting opening

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of electric appliance manufacturing, in particular to a movable drum washing machine with a clothes taking and placing opening.

Background

The related art washing machines include drum washing machines and pulsator washing machines, in which laundry is completely immersed in water during washing of the pulsator washing machines, and water saving effects are poor. The drum washing machine is inconvenient to use when a user needs to bend over and squat down during taking and putting clothes, and is particularly difficult to operate for special people such as the elderly.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention aims to solve at least one of the above-mentioned technical problems in the related art to some extent. Therefore, the invention provides the clothes taking and putting opening movable type drum washing machine which has the advantages of convenience in use, small clothes abrasion, water source saving and the like.

To achieve the above object, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a laundry access opening movable drum washing machine including: a housing having a front panel with an open mouth formed thereon; a tub having a laundry access opening, the tub being disposed within the housing and configured to move the laundry access opening up and down within the open mouth; a rotatable drum disposed within the tub; a door unit mounted on the tub and covering the laundry access opening; and the driving mechanism is used for driving the barrel to rotate, is arranged in the shell and is connected with the barrel.

The clothes taking and placing opening movable drum washing machine has the advantages of convenience in use, small wear of clothes, water source conservation and the like.

In addition, the laundry taking and putting port movable drum washing machine according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

according to one embodiment of the invention, the driving mechanism drives the clothes taking and placing opening to move up and down between an unwashed state position and a washed state position in the opening.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the laundry access opening is in the unwashed state position, the laundry access opening is driven to move to be close to an upper edge of the front panel; when the laundry taking-in/out opening is at the washing state position, the laundry taking-in/out opening is driven to move to be close to the lower edge of the front panel.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the driving mechanism is configured to drive the laundry access opening to move upward to a position where the laundry access opening is close to an upper edge of the front panel, and to move downward to a position where the laundry access opening is close to a lower edge of the front panel.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the drive mechanism includes a transverse shaft member coupled to the barrel.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the driving mechanism comprises a longitudinal pushing rod piece arranged on the front side of the barrel, a transverse rotating shaft piece arranged on the rear side of the barrel and connected to the barrel, and a supporting frame arranged on the shell and provided with a shaft hole, wherein the transverse rotating shaft piece rotates in the shaft hole of the supporting frame.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the transverse shaft member is integrally formed on the tub member.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the support frame comprises: the two longitudinal brackets are arranged on the shell at intervals, and the shaft holes are formed in the two longitudinal brackets; and the two ends of the transverse bracket are respectively connected with the two longitudinal brackets, and the longitudinal pushing rod piece is arranged on the transverse bracket.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the transverse bracket comprises a body part lower than the two longitudinal brackets and arc parts respectively positioned at two ends of the body part and respectively connected with the two longitudinal brackets, and the longitudinal pushing rod piece is arranged on the body part.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the upper surface of each of the longitudinal brackets has an upwardly protruding boss, and the shaft holes are provided on the bosses of the two longitudinal brackets, respectively.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the transverse shaft member is rotatably fitted in the shaft hole by means of a bearing.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the inner peripheral wall of the shaft hole is provided with a limiting protrusion and an assembly groove which are spaced along the axial direction of the shaft hole, the assembly groove is internally provided with a split ring, and the bearing is stopped between the limiting protrusion and the split ring.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the split retainer ring comprises an open loop part and two stop parts, wherein the open loop part is arranged in the corresponding assembly groove, and the two stop parts are respectively arranged at two ends of the open loop part and extend out of the assembly groove where the open loop part is arranged.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a drum washing machine with a movable laundry access opening according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the laundry access opening is located at the washing state position.

Fig. 2 is a partial structural view of a drum washing machine with a movable laundry access opening according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the laundry access opening is located at the washing state position.

Fig. 3 is a partial structural view of a laundry access opening movable drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the laundry access opening is located at the unwashed state position.

Fig. 4 is a partial structural view of a laundry taking and putting port movable drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a partial structural view of a laundry taking and putting port movable drum type washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals: the clothes taking and putting mouth movable drum washing machine 1, the casing 100, the front panel 110, the open mouth 111, the bottom plate 120, the tub 200, the door unit 300, the driving mechanism 400, the longitudinal push rod 410, the driving part 411, the driving part mounting bracket 4110, the mounting plate 4111, the mounting lugs 4112, the driving part positioning pins 4113, the telescopic part 412, the telescopic part mounting bracket 4120, the telescopic part positioning pins 4123, the transverse rotating shaft 420, the support frame 430, the shaft hole 431, the longitudinal bracket 432, the boss 4320, the transverse bracket 433, the body 4330, the arc-shaped part 4331, the damping vibration-absorbing frame 500, the damper 510, the damping inner rod 511, the damping outer cylinder 512, the damping elastic member 520, the support leg 530, the adjustable foot 600, the damping pad 610, and the balance weight 700.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative and intended to explain the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the invention.

Hereinafter, a laundry access opening movable drum washing machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the laundry access opening movable drum washing machine 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a housing 100, a tub 200, a rotatable drum (not shown), a door unit 300, and a driving mechanism 400.

The housing 100 has a front panel 110 (the front-rear direction is shown by an arrow B in fig. 1 to 3), and an open opening 111 is formed in the front panel 110. The tub 200 has a laundry taking and putting port, and the tub 200 is provided in the case 100 and configured such that the laundry taking and putting port moves up and down (up and down direction is shown by arrow a in fig. 1 to 3) in the opening 111. The drum is disposed in the tub 200. The door unit 300 is mounted on the tub 200 and covers the laundry access opening. The driving mechanism 400 is used for driving the barrel 200 to move, and the driving mechanism 400 is disposed in the housing 100 and coupled with the barrel 200.

According to the drum washing machine 1 with the movable laundry taking and placing opening of the embodiment of the present invention, by configuring the tub 200 such that the laundry taking and placing opening can move up and down in the opening 111, the drum washing machine 1 can move the laundry taking and placing opening to a position suitable for a user to add or take out laundry when the user needs to take and place laundry, compared to the drum washing machine with the related art in which the laundry taking and placing opening is provided at the front surface. For example, the laundry access opening may be moved upward. Thus, when the user takes and puts clothes, the user does not need to squat down or bend down, the user can conveniently add or take out the clothes through the clothes taking and putting port, and the inconvenient user such as the old can smoothly take and put the clothes, so that the convenience of the washing machine 1 is improved.

Further, since the laundry taking and putting port can move up and down in the opening port 111, the laundry taking and putting port can be moved to a position suitable for washing laundry after laundry is added. For example, the laundry access opening may be moved downward. Therefore, when clothes are washed, the clothes can be driven to be beaten up and down by the rolling of the roller, so that the clothes are washed, the abrasion to the clothes during washing can be reduced, the clothes are not required to be completely immersed in water during washing, the washing can be completed by only needing a small amount of water source, the consumption of water resources is reduced, and the environment is protected.

Further, by providing the driving mechanism 400, the tub 200 can be driven by the driving mechanism 400. Thus, when the user needs to adjust the position of the laundry access opening, the tub 200 may be driven by operating the driving mechanism 400. Therefore, the user can save more labor when adjusting the position of the barrel 200, so that the user can adjust the position of the barrel 200, and the convenience when using the washing machine 1 by the old and the like can be further facilitated.

That is, the washing machine 1 drives the tub 200 to move by configuring the tub 200 such that the laundry taking and putting port moves up and down in the opening 111 and providing the driving mechanism 400. Not only can the washing effect of the common drum washing machine be achieved when the washing machine 1 washes clothes, but also the clothes taking and placing opening can be adjusted to a position suitable for taking and placing clothes when the clothes are taken and placed or added in the middle, and the problem of inconvenient taking and placing of the clothes of the drum washing machine in the related art is solved, so that the washing machine is convenient for users to use.

Therefore, the clothes taking and placing opening movable drum washing machine 1 has the advantages of convenience in use, small clothes abrasion, water source saving and the like.

Hereinafter, a laundry taking and putting port movable drum type washing machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, a laundry taking and putting port movable drum washing machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing 100, a tub 200, a rotatable drum, a door unit 300, and a driving mechanism 400.

The driving mechanism 400 drives the laundry access opening to move up and down between an unwashed state position and a washed state position within the opening 111. In this way, when the laundry is required to be washed, the driving mechanism 400 is used to drive the drum 200 to move the laundry taking-in and putting-out opening to the washing state position, so that the laundry is conveniently washed, and when the laundry is not required to be washed, the driving mechanism 400 is used to drive the drum 200 to move the laundry taking-in and putting-out opening to the unwashed state position, so that the user can conveniently add or take out the laundry.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, when the laundry access opening is in the unwashed state position (as shown in fig. 3), the laundry access opening is moved to be close to the upper edge of the front panel 110. When the laundry access opening is in the washing state position (as shown in fig. 1 and 2), the laundry access opening is moved to be close to the lower edge of the front panel 110. Therefore, when a user needs to take and put clothes, the clothes taking and putting opening is close to the upper edge of the front panel 110, so that the user can take and put clothes from above, and when the user needs to wash clothes, the clothes taking and putting opening is close to the lower edge of the front panel 110, so that the clothes can be washed by the rolling of the roller.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the front panel 110 may be inclined from bottom to top rearward. Thereby, the user can further conveniently take and put the clothes when the clothes taking and putting opening moves to the unwashed state position.

Advantageously, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the driving mechanism 400 is configured to drive the laundry access opening to move upward to a position where the laundry access opening is close to an upper edge of the front panel 110, and to move downward to a position where the laundry access opening is close to a lower edge of the front panel 110. Thus, when it is desired to take and put laundry, the driving mechanism 400 may be operated to move the laundry taking and putting port upward to be close to the upper edge of the front panel 110, thereby facilitating adjustment of the laundry taking and putting port position, and when it is desired to wash laundry, the driving mechanism 400 may be operated to move the laundry taking and putting port downward to be close to the lower edge of the front panel 110, thereby facilitating washing of laundry by the rolling of the drum.

Alternatively, the movable range of the laundry access opening within the opening 111 is configured such that the angle between the central axis thereof and the horizontal plane is 0 ° to 90 °. In other words, the laundry taking-and-putting port is movable between a position in which its central axis is horizontal and a position in which its central axis is vertical. In particular, the laundry access opening may be oriented in a vertical direction with its central axis in an unwashed state position suitable for taking and putting laundry, and may be oriented in a horizontal direction with its central axis in a washed state position suitable for washing laundry. Thereby not only facilitating the user to take and put the laundry from above through the laundry taking and putting opening, but also facilitating the washing of the laundry by the rolling of the drum.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the activity specification of the laundry access opening may be adjusted according to the actual situation. For example, when the laundry access opening is in the unwashed state position (as shown in fig. 3), the central axis of the laundry access opening may be inclined from bottom to top, so that the user may be facilitated to access laundry as well. When the laundry taking-in/out opening is at the washing state position (as shown in fig. 1 and 2), the central axis of the laundry taking-in/out opening may also be at a predetermined angle to the horizontal direction while ensuring that laundry in the drum can be washed in a rolling manner.

Preferably, the movable range of the clothes taking and putting opening is configured to have an included angle between the central axis of the clothes taking and putting opening and the horizontal plane of 13-45 degrees. Thus, the user can conveniently take and put clothes from the front upper part, and the washing effect of the clothes can be ensured. In addition, the driving mechanism 400 may be facilitated to drive the tub 200, reducing the time required for the tub 200 to move between two positions, so as to improve the washing efficiency of the user.

Fig. 2 to 5 illustrate a laundry access opening movable drum type washing machine 1 according to a specific example of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2 to 5, the driving mechanism 400 includes a longitudinal pushing member 410 provided at the front side of the tub 200, a transverse rotating member 420 provided at the rear side of the tub 200 and coupled to the tub 200, and a supporting frame 430 provided on the housing 100 and having a shaft hole 431, the transverse rotating member 420 rotating within the shaft hole 431 of the supporting frame 430. In this way, the tub 200 may be rotatably provided on the support frame 430 through the transverse rotation shaft 420, so that the laundry taking and putting port may be moved up and down in the opening 111, and the tub 200 may be driven to move through the longitudinal pushing rod 410, so as to adjust the laundry taking and putting port position. In addition, by providing the lateral rotation shaft member 420 at the rear side of the tub 200 and providing the longitudinal push bar member 410 at the front side of the tub 200, it is possible to facilitate pushing the front side of the tub to move in the up-down direction by the longitudinal push bar member 410, so as to further facilitate adjusting the position of the laundry taking-and-putting port.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the longitudinal pushing member 410 includes a driving portion 411 and a telescoping portion 412. The expansion and contraction part 412 is mounted on the driving part 411 and is driven to expand and contract by the driving part 411, and one of the driving part 411 and the expansion and contraction part 412 is mounted inside the case 100 and the other is coupled with the tub 200. Thereby, the driving part 411 can drive the telescopic part 412 to stretch and retract to realize the stretching of the longitudinal pushing rod piece 410, so that the front side of the barrel piece 200 is driven to move in the up-down direction by the longitudinal pushing rod piece 410 to realize the adjustment of the clothes taking-out and putting-in position.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the barrel 200 may also be driven solely by means of the longitudinal pusher member 410. For example, the adjustment of the laundry access opening position may be also achieved by providing the longitudinal pushing bar member 410 to move the tub 200 as a whole in the up-down direction.

Advantageously, as shown in fig. 2-4, the driving part 411 is coupled with the tub 200 through a driving part mounting bracket 4110, and the telescopic part 412 is mounted in the case 100 through a telescopic part mounting bracket 4120. Specifically, the telescoping portion 412 may be mounted on the support frame 430 by a telescoping portion mounting bracket 4120. This can facilitate not only the mounting of the driving part 411 on the tub 200, but also the mounting of the telescopic part 412 in the case 100.

Specifically, the driving section 411 may hydraulically drive the expansion and contraction section 412.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, at least one of the connection of the driving part 411 to the driving part mounting frame 4110 and the connection of the telescopic part 412 to the telescopic part mounting frame 4120 is a pivotable connection. Therefore, not only can the barrel 200 be smoother when moving so as to facilitate the adjustment of the position of the clothes taking and placing opening, but also the moving range of the barrel 200 can be enlarged so as to ensure the moving range of the clothes taking and placing opening.

Specifically, the driving part 411 is pivotably mounted on a driving part mounting frame 4110 and the telescoping part 412 is pivotably mounted on a telescoping part mounting frame 4120.

As shown in fig. 2 to 4, the driving part 411 is connected to the driving part mounting frame 4110 by a driving part positioning pin 4113, and the telescopic part 412 is connected to the telescopic part mounting frame 4120 by a telescopic part positioning pin 4123. Whereby the driving part 411 and the driving part mounting frame 4110 can be pivotally connected, and the telescoping part 412 and the telescoping part mounting frame 4120 can be pivotally connected.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 2-4, each of the drive section mounting bracket 4110 and the telescoping section mounting bracket 4120 includes a mounting plate 4111 and two mounting ears 4112. The mounting lugs 4112 are used to mount the driving portion positioning pins 4113 or the telescopic portion positioning pins 4123, and the two mounting lugs 4112 are spaced apart on the mounting plate 4111. Specifically, the mounting ear 4112 may be provided with a pin hole, and the driving portion positioning pin 4113 or the telescopic portion positioning pin 4123 may be fitted into the corresponding pin hole, and the mounting plate 4111 may be mounted on the housing 100 or the tub 200 by a threaded fastener (screw or bolt) or integrally injection-molded with the tub 200. Thus, the contact area between the driving part mounting frame 4110 and the barrel 200 can be increased, the contact area between the telescopic part mounting frame 4120 and the shell 100 is increased, so that the driving part mounting frame 4110 and the telescopic part mounting frame 4120 are conveniently installed, the connection strength and stability of the driving part mounting frame 4110 and the telescopic part mounting frame 4120 after being installed are ensured, the driving part 411 and the driving part mounting frame 4110 can be conveniently and pivotally connected, the telescopic part 412 and the telescopic part mounting frame 4120 can be conveniently and pivotally connected, the connection strength and stability between the driving part 411 and the driving part mounting frame 4110 are ensured, and the connection strength and stability between the telescopic part 412 and the telescopic part mounting frame 4120 are ensured.

Specifically, both ends of the driving part positioning pin 4113 and both ends of the telescopic part positioning pin 4123 may be provided with an anti-falling structure to prevent the driving part positioning pin 4113 and the telescopic part positioning pin 4123 from falling out of the pin holes.

Fig. 2 and 3 illustrate a laundry access opening movable drum type washing machine 1 according to a specific example of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the driving mechanism 400 includes a longitudinal pushing member 410, a transverse rotating member 420, and a supporting frame 430.

Advantageously, the transverse shaft member 420 is integrally formed on the tub 200. Thus, not only the connection strength of the transverse rotating shaft member 420 and the tub member 200 can be ensured, but also the assembly process of the transverse rotating shaft member 420 can be simplified, and the production efficiency of the washing machine 1 can be improved.

Specifically, the transverse shaft member 420 may be integrally injection molded with the tub 200.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the support bracket 430 includes two longitudinal brackets 432 and a transverse bracket 433. Two longitudinal brackets 432 are provided at a distance from each other on the housing 100, and the shaft hole 431 is provided in the two longitudinal brackets 432. The lateral brackets 433 are connected at both ends thereof to two longitudinal brackets 432, respectively, and the longitudinal pusher member 410 is mounted on the lateral brackets 433. Thereby not only supporting the tub 200 using the supporting frame 430 but also improving the stability of the tub 200.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the lateral bracket 433 includes a body portion 4330 lower than the two longitudinal brackets 432 and arc portions 4331 respectively located at both ends of the body portion 4330 and respectively connected to the two longitudinal brackets 432, and the longitudinal pusher member 410 is mounted on the body portion 4330. In other words, the transverse bracket 433 may be U-shaped. When the washing machine 1 performs washing, the tub 200 is vibrated and displaced due to the rotation of the drum, and the vibration and displacement of the tub 200 are transmitted to the lateral bracket 433 through the two longitudinal brackets 432. By providing the lateral bracket 433 including the body portion 4330 and the two arc portions 4331, not only the influence of vibration on the lateral bracket 433 can be reduced, but also vibration and displacement of the longitudinal bracket 432 can be buffered by the lateral bracket 433, the vibration amplitude of the washing machine 1 can be reduced, and the noise of the washing machine 1 during operation can be reduced.

More advantageously, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the upper surface of each of the longitudinal brackets 432 has a convex portion 4320 protruding upward, and shaft holes 431 are provided on the convex portions 4320 of the two longitudinal brackets 432, respectively. Thus, not only the formation of the shaft hole 431 is facilitated, but also the structural strength of the longitudinal bracket 432 at the shaft hole 431 is ensured, so that the overall structural strength of the longitudinal bracket 432 is ensured, and the stability of the barrel 200 is further improved.

Specifically, the shaft hole 431 may penetrate the longitudinal bracket 432 in the thickness direction of the longitudinal bracket 432.

Fig. 2 and 3 illustrate a laundry access opening movable drum type washing machine 1 according to a specific example of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the transverse shaft member 420 is rotatably fitted in the shaft hole 431 by a bearing. In this way, the friction force applied when the transverse rotating shaft member 420 rotates can be reduced, the rotation of the tub member 200 is smoother, the force required by the longitudinal pushing member 410 to drive the tub member 200 is reduced, the wear speed of the transverse rotating shaft member 420 and the shaft hole 431 can be reduced, and the service life of the clothes taking and placing opening movable drum washing machine 1 is prolonged.

Specifically, a limiting protrusion and an assembly groove which are spaced along the axial direction of the shaft hole 431 are arranged on the inner peripheral wall of the shaft hole 431, a split washer is arranged in the assembly groove, and the bearing is stopped between the limiting protrusion and the split washer. The split ring and the limiting protrusion can be used for limiting the bearing so as to prevent the bearing from being separated from the shaft hole 431, and therefore the reliability of the washing machine 1 is improved.

More specifically, the split ring comprises an open ring part and two stop parts, wherein the open ring part is arranged in the corresponding assembly groove, and the two stop parts are respectively arranged at two ends of the open ring part and extend out of the assembly groove where the open ring part is arranged. Thus, the two stopping parts can be used for stopping the bearing so as to realize the positioning of the bearing and prevent the bearing from being separated from the shaft hole 431.

Fig. 2, 3 and 5 illustrate a laundry access opening movable drum type washing machine 1 according to a specific example of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2, 3 and 5, the driving mechanism 400 includes a longitudinal pushing member 410, a transverse rotating member 420 and a supporting frame 430.

Advantageously, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 5, the laundry access opening mobile drum washing machine 1 further comprises a damping vibration-absorbing frame 500 supported between the casing 100 and the supporting frame 430. Therefore, not only can the damping vibration absorbing frame 500 be used for supporting the supporting frame 430, but also the damping vibration absorbing frame 500 can be used for buffering the vibration of the supporting frame 430 and damping the displacement of the supporting frame 430, so that the washing machine 1 is more stable in washing.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 5, the damping mount 500 includes at least one set of dampers 510 and damping springs 520. The damper 510 is supported between the housing 100 and the support frame 430. The shock absorbing elastic member 520 is connected to the damper 510 and one of the housing 100 and the support frame 430, respectively. In this way, the vibration of the support frame 430 can be buffered by the damping elastic member 520, and the displacement of the support frame 430 can be damped by the damper 510. If the elastic piece is adopted alone to absorb shock, in order to ensure the shock absorption effect, the rigidity of the elastic piece needs to be reduced, so that the service life of the elastic piece is shortened, and the elastic piece fails prematurely. If the damper is adopted alone for damping, the damping effect can be achieved only by enough damping force, so that the washing machine is difficult to accelerate, large in vibration, large in noise and poor in washing effect, and the washing efficiency is reduced. That is, the damping vibration-absorbing frame 500 buffers the vibration and displacement of the supporting frame 430 by simultaneously using the damper 510 and the damping elastic member 520, not only can offset the harshness impact caused by weakening the unbalanced load, improve the damping effect on the supporting frame 430, reduce the vibration and noise of the washing machine 1 during operation, but also can ensure the lateral and longitudinal stability of the washing machine, make the washing machine 1 maintain the dynamic controllable posture within a predetermined range, improve the operability of the washing machine 1, and ensure the washing effect of the washing machine 1.

Optionally, damper 510 is a friction damper. This reduces the energy of vibration by virtue of the friction of the damper 510, facilitating vibration control of the support frame 430. For example, by adjusting the damper 510 to slip or deform under a predetermined load before the main structural member in the washing machine 1 is yielded to provide a damping effect, it is possible to ensure that the main structural member is not yielded due to vibration and displacement, and to enable the washing machine 1 to expand the movement range of the dynamically controllable posture of the washing machine 1.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 5, the friction damper includes a damping inner rod 511 and a damping outer cylinder 512. The damping inner rod 511 is connected to the one of the support frame 430 and the housing 100. The damping outer cylinder 512 is movably sleeved on the damping inner rod 511 in the axial direction of the damping inner rod 511, the damping outer cylinder 512 is connected with the other one of the support frame 430 and the housing 100, and the damping elastic member 520 is connected with the damping outer cylinder 512 and the one of the support frame 430 and the housing 100, respectively. Thereby providing a damping force to the support frame 430 by friction between the damping inner rod 511 and the damping outer cylinder 512 to secure a shock absorbing effect to the support frame 430.

As shown in fig. 5, the damping elastic member 520 is a spring and is sleeved on the damping inner rod 511. This not only facilitates the installation of the shock absorbing elastic member 520, but also positions the shock absorbing elastic member 520 using the damping inner rod 511 to prevent the shock absorbing elastic member 520 from being displaced.

Fig. 2, 3 and 5 illustrate a laundry access opening movable drum type washing machine 1 according to a specific example of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2, 3 and 5, the damping inner rod 511 is mounted on the housing 100 and the damping outer cylinder 512 is mounted on the supporting frame 430, and the damping elastic member 520 is connected to the damping outer cylinder 512 and the housing 100, respectively. In this way, the installation of the damping vibration attenuation bracket 500 can be realized, and the vibration attenuation effect of the damping vibration attenuation bracket 500 can be ensured.

Advantageously, as shown in fig. 5, the housing 100 is provided with a supporting leg 530 and the supporting leg 530 is provided with a jack, into which the damping inner rod 511 is inserted. This not only facilitates the installation of the damping vibration attenuation bracket 500, but also positions the damping vibration attenuation bracket 500 using the insertion hole to prevent the damping vibration attenuation bracket 500 from being displaced.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 5, the damper 510 and the shock absorbing elastic member 520 are four groups distributed at four corners of the same rectangle. Therefore, the four groups of dampers 510 and the damping elastic members 520 can be utilized to damp the support frame 430, so that the damping effect on the support frame 430 is improved, the stress of the support frame 430 is more uniform, and the damping effect on the support frame 430 is further improved.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the housing 100 has a bottom plate 120 at the bottom thereof, and a damping mount 500 is mounted on the bottom plate 120. This may facilitate the installation of the damping mount 500 and other components.

More advantageously, the bottom plate 120 is a plastic piece. This allows the bottom plate 120 to absorb noise in the housing 100, thereby further reducing noise when the washing machine 1 is operated.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the laundry access opening movable drum washing machine 1 further includes an adjustable foot 600 for supporting the housing 100 and adjusting the height of the housing 100, the adjustable foot 600 being screw-fitted on the bottom plate 120 and the adjustable foot 600 being provided with a shock pad 610. Thus, not only the height of the bottom plate 120 can be adjusted by adjusting the adjustable foot 600, but also vibration of the bottom plate 120 can be further buffered by the shock pad 610 to further reduce vibration and noise of the washing machine 1.

Further, the tub 200 may be provided with a weight 700 thereon. This can balance the center position of the tub 200 using the balance weight 700 and increase inertia of the tub 200, reducing vibration amplitude at the time of high-speed dehydration.

Specifically, the tub 200 may include a front tub and a rear tub, which are flange-coupled. The balancing weights 700 may be distributed on the front tub and the rear tub as required.

Other constructions and operations of the laundry access opening movable drum type washing machine 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention are known to those skilled in the art, and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the present invention, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "above" or "below" a second feature may include both the first and second features being in direct contact, as well as the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact with each other through additional features therebetween. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is less level than the second feature.

In the description of the present specification, a description referring to terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms are not necessarily directed to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Further, one skilled in the art can engage and combine the different embodiments or examples described in this specification.

While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it will be understood that the above embodiments are illustrative and not to be construed as limiting the invention, and that variations, modifications, alternatives and variations may be made to the above embodiments by one of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the invention.

Claims (10)

1. A movable drum washing machine with a laundry taking-in and putting-out opening, comprising:

a housing having a front panel on which an open mouth is formed, the front panel being inclined from bottom to top rearward;

a tub having a laundry access opening, the tub being disposed within the housing and configured to move the laundry access opening up and down within the open mouth;

a rotatable drum disposed within the tub;

a door unit mounted on the tub and covering the laundry access opening;

the driving mechanism is configured in the shell and is connected with the barrel, the driving mechanism comprises a longitudinal pushing rod piece arranged on the front side of the barrel, a transverse rotating shaft piece arranged on the rear side of the barrel and connected with the barrel, and a supporting frame arranged on the shell and provided with a shaft hole, the transverse rotating shaft piece rotates in the shaft hole of the supporting frame, and the supporting frame comprises: the two longitudinal brackets are arranged on the shell at intervals, and the shaft holes are formed in the two longitudinal brackets; and the two ends of the transverse bracket are respectively connected with the two longitudinal brackets, and the longitudinal pushing rod piece is arranged on the transverse bracket.

2. The clothes mover of claim 1, wherein the driving mechanism drives the clothes mover to move up and down between an unwashed state position and a washed state position within the open mouth.

3. The laundry access opening movable drum washing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that said laundry access opening is driven to be movable to be close to an upper edge of said front panel when said laundry access opening is in said unwashed state position; when the laundry taking-in/out opening is at the washing state position, the laundry taking-in/out opening is driven to move to be close to the lower edge of the front panel.

4. The clothes mover of claim 1, wherein the driving mechanism is configured to drive the clothes mover upward to a position where the clothes mover is adjacent to an upper edge of the front panel and downward to a position where the clothes mover is adjacent to a lower edge of the front panel.

5. The clothes pick-up and place port movable drum type washing machine of claim 1, wherein the lateral rotation shaft member is integrally formed on the tub member.

6. The movable drum washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lateral bracket includes a body portion lower than the two longitudinal brackets and arc portions respectively located at both ends of the body portion and respectively connected to the two longitudinal brackets, and the longitudinal pushing member is mounted on the body portion.

7. The movable drum type washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the longitudinal brackets has an upper surface provided with a protrusion protruding upward, and the shaft holes are respectively provided on the protrusions of the two longitudinal brackets.

8. The clothes pick-up and place port removable drum washing machine of claim 1, wherein the transverse shaft member is rotatably fitted in the shaft hole by a bearing.

9. The movable drum washing machine of claim 8, wherein the inner peripheral wall of the shaft hole is provided with a limiting protrusion and an assembling groove which are spaced along the axial direction of the shaft hole, the assembling groove is internally provided with a split washer, and the bearing is stopped between the limiting protrusion and the split washer.

10. The movable drum washing machine of claim 9, wherein the split retainer ring comprises an open loop part and two stop parts, the open loop part is arranged in the corresponding assembly groove, and the two stop parts are respectively arranged at two ends of the open loop part and extend out of the assembly groove where the open loop part is arranged.

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